How can i get "paste event" from the clipboard?

[yevron2]

Hello,

I am tring to write a clipboard spy that catches events from the
clipboard.
I used the SetClipboardViewer api to get events when data is copied
into the clipboard, and also GetClipboardOwner to know where the data
was copied from, but i don't know how to get an event when data is
being pasted... not in my application only, anywhere.

Is there an other way other than a hook on the keyboard?
I don't want to catch all keyboard actions just to know that ctrl+v
was pressed... you can also paste from a menu and not using ctrl+v and
i will miss it...

Thank you!

[Kevin Spencer]

It will take some unmanaged interop to do this, as you have to register your
app to listen for Clipboard events, and use the WndProc method to intercept
them. There's a nice article on how to do this here:

http://www.radsoftware.com.au/articl...rdmonitor.aspx

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Software Composer
http://unclechutney.blogspot.com

The shortest distance between 2 points is a curve.

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Hello,

I am tring to write a clipboard spy that catches events from the
clipboard.
I used the SetClipboardViewer api to get events when data is copied
into the clipboard, and also GetClipboardOwner to know where the data
was copied from, but i don't know how to get an event when data is
being pasted... not in my application only, anywhere.

Is there an other way other than a hook on the keyboard?
I don't want to catch all keyboard actions just to know that ctrl+v
was pressed... you can also paste from a menu and not using ctrl+v and
i will miss it...

Thank you!

[yevron2]

On Feb 1, 2:18 pm, "Kevin Spencer" <[e-mail]:

It will take some unmanaged interop to do this, as you have to register your
app to listen for Clipboard events, and use the WndProc method to intercept
them. There's a nice article on how to do this here:

http://www.radsoftware.com.au/articl...rdmonitor.aspx

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Software Composerhttp://unclechutney.blogspot.com

The shortest distance between 2 points is a curve.

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Hello,

I am tring to write a clipboard spy that catches events from the
clipboard.
I used the SetClipboardViewer api to get events when data is copied
into the clipboard, and also GetClipboardOwner to know where the data
was copied from, but i don't know how to get an event when data is
being pasted... not in my application only, anywhere.

Is there an other way other than a hook on the keyboard?
I don't want to catch all keyboard actions just to know that ctrl+v
was pressed... you can also paste from a menu and not using ctrl+v and
i will miss it...

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Thank you.
But i already did that... event is raised only when copy is done, not
paste.